Play-Doh Night - 203/365

This evening Rachel was coming over with the kids. We hadn't been able to have too many porch parties this year, so we had a modified one this evening. Ron was at home doing some yard chores, so Rachel came down with the kids. It was nice to have a little girl talk.

The kids played on the playset for awhile.

I had brought the play-doh out for something different for them to do. They LOVED it. They did that for quite awhile. It was adorable. 

They had a blast!

Play-doh time

Cutie

Parker working hard

Play-doh Play day- 316/365

Today I had a busy day up at the school, so Nana was going to hang out with Reagan today. 

I was meeting Sarah this morning to go through our Turkey boxes for the food drive to check and see what we would still need to get donated for pack-up next week. 

This afternoon, I was meeting JoAnna, to pre-set for our teacher conference breakfast and luncheons.

We got everything done pretty quickly, so it was nice. 

Reagan and Nana had a great day. They started off at Bob Evans for the new holiday, reindeer pancakes! Reagan was thrilled! She loved the bacon antlers! 

After breakfast, they headed back to Nana's to take it easy for a bit. They spend some time doing play-doh. They made all kinds of Christmas stuff. They had fun getting into the spirit of the holiday!

This afternoon, Reagan woke up from her nap pulling on her ear. She has been fighting a bug for a few days, but has been hanging in there. Nana gave her some Tylenol and soon after she was bounding around the house. They decided to do dinner at Tippy and she was doing great! They had a nice dinner.

At bath time tonight, the Tylenol must have been wearing off because she started crying about her ears again. We luckily still had some prescription drops left from her last ear infection, so we gave her some of those. They seemed to help. 

Crossing our fingers she gets a good night sleep and can make it to school tomorrow, since she already missed Tuesday. 

Poor baby girl.
Loving the reindeer pancake!

 Play-doh and a television show!

 Dancing by the fire at Tippy!

Polar Vortex - 6/365

Today the temps were expected to plummet as a polar vortex moved into the area. Temps were expected to be at zero with wind chills down to nearly 40 below. That's cold! 

Reagan and I were just going to stay in and hibernate today. We played with toys, but spent most of the day playing with her new play-doh stuff from Christmas. We had a blast making all kinds of fun stuff. 

When Jim got home, he and Reagan actually braved the two minute drive to Austintown Bounce for a little bit. They had a good time! 

When they got home, we decided to try an experiment that my Uncle Ed and Aunt Pam did, where you toss a pot of boiling water in the air and make snow. I have to say it was really COOL! It made a TON of snow, instantly! I love little science experiments. 

The photo of the day is Reagan and her play-doh.

Next, our little experiment...

 

Sea Creatures - 92/365

Reagan was feeling a little under the weather today. 

Nothing serious, just a slight runny nose and a little cough. She was supposed to start back up at All the Little Birds today. We were so excited to be getting back to her music class, she really loves it. We ultimately decided we didn't want to "share" whatever she has going on. She's playing and running normally, just a little congested. Oh well. 

It was sunny today, but cold. Jim was planning on taking Brinkley for a walk after work. If Reagan wasn't sick we would have went, too. We just decided it was best to stay inside and play. She had gotten a Sea Creature Play-Doh set for Easter, so her and I stayed back and built some fun little friends! She loves to make things and then instantly squish them...LOL! 

The photo of the day is the few sea creatures that I caught before the squishing....